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Lampedusa wreck: EU proposes migrant rescue mission
The European Commission is proposing that the EU launch a Mediterranean-wide search and rescue mission to intercept…
UK jumps up internet scoreboard as digital divide grows
The UK has moved up the UN's net-connectivity table, leapfrogging Hong Kong and Japan to take eighth place.…
Lampedusa boat disaster: Row in Italy over deaths
Italy's coast guard has denied that it was slow to respond to the sinking of a boat carrying African migrants off…
Italy sinking: Search resumes for missing migrants
Divers off southern Italy have been searching the wreck of a boat which sank on Thursday drowning more than 300…
Italy recovers 50 bodies after migrant boat sinks
At least 50 asylum-seekers drowned and 120 were rescued after a boat carrying some 500 people caught fire and…
European stocks decline ahead of U.S. Confidence Report
European stocks declined before a report on U.S. consumer sentiment, amid concern that budget wrangling in…
Barclays to shut wealth management services in 130…
Barclays Plc (BARC.L) will stop offering wealth management services in about 130 countries by 2016 and cut jobs in…
Sweden raises $3.4 billion after selling remaining…
Sweden 's government raised 21.6 billion kronor ($3.4 billion) after selling its remaining stake in Nordea Bank AB…
Gold fluctuates in London after surging on Fed stimulus…
Gold was little changed in London following a 4.1 percent rally Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve unexpectedly…
Bank of England shies away from more stimulus as economy…
The minority of Bank of England policymakers who had previously seen a strong case for more stimulus backed away…
Verizon doubles down on U.S. as AT&T seeks a hedge…
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)’s plan to buy out its wireless partner for $130 billion is a bet that the U.S.…
1,000 migrants reach Italy on rickety boats
More than 1,000 migrants have arrived in Sicily aboard rickety boats in the past 24 hours, after braving the…